Jimmy Higgins
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There is a bunch of anger amongst Democrats with Manchin and Sinema who have interceded in the Democrats plans to pass certain legislation, the widespread Stimulus, Filibuster reform, and Voting Rights bill. Yes, this is disappointing. But we really need to step back a second. You know what is more important that the Voting Rights Bill? It'd be the courts interceding in that bill.
The miracle of Georgia gave us something much more important than the ability to get a Voting Rights bill passed or reform the Filibuster. Simply put, it gave Biden a shot in hell of getting anything accomplished. McConnell has proven he will intervene in any way possible for almost any legislation possible to get the GOP back in power, because you know... that shit works. So, with the 50-50 tie in the Senate, we can't exactly allow anger over the above to allow McConnell to get defections into the GOP.
Judicial nominations? Forget about it! There is a strong likelihood that McConnell would block another SCOTUS nominee, as there are no repercussions to that action.
So we need pragmatism here. With a hair thin margin in the Senate, and a very tight margin in the House, we can't be squabbling over the above, and we should take the power we have and get what can done. Sinema and Manchin aren't going to liberalize up, so stop expecting them to. And let's not Jeffords them out of the party which would make us appreciate what we had.
The miracle of Georgia gave us something much more important than the ability to get a Voting Rights bill passed or reform the Filibuster. Simply put, it gave Biden a shot in hell of getting anything accomplished. McConnell has proven he will intervene in any way possible for almost any legislation possible to get the GOP back in power, because you know... that shit works. So, with the 50-50 tie in the Senate, we can't exactly allow anger over the above to allow McConnell to get defections into the GOP.
Judicial nominations? Forget about it! There is a strong likelihood that McConnell would block another SCOTUS nominee, as there are no repercussions to that action.
So we need pragmatism here. With a hair thin margin in the Senate, and a very tight margin in the House, we can't be squabbling over the above, and we should take the power we have and get what can done. Sinema and Manchin aren't going to liberalize up, so stop expecting them to. And let's not Jeffords them out of the party which would make us appreciate what we had.